Toilet-paper holder



C. BASH;

TOILET PAPER HOLDER. APPLICATION FQILED DEC-15, 192.1.

Ptented June 20, 1922.

CHARLES BASH, or BBOOKLINE, Ma sncrrusnrrs.

TOILET-FAPER HOLDER.

Specification t e PatentedJune 2t}, 1922.

Application filed December 15, 1921. SerialNo. 522,622.

T 0 all ID/L071), may concern,

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BASH. a citizen of the United States, residing at Broole line, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Toilet-Paper Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toilet paper holder and has for its object to provide a device capable of receiving and holding rolls of toilet paper of different types or packs comprising a plurality of individual sheets of toilet paper the said device being so constructed as to be easily and quickly adapted to receive the paper in either form which may be employed. a

' The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the easing.

Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the and the various parts carried thereby.

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through the device illustratii'ig the manner of employing packs of individual sheets of toilet paper therein.

Fig. 4: is a central vertical section through the device illustrating the manner of emplate ploying cylindrical rolls of toilet paper therein.

Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe device as illustrated in Fig. 4, a portion of the roll of toilet paper being broken away to save space in the drawings.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several. views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 6 represents a casing, preferably constructed of sheet metal, and having a rear wall 7, side walls 8 and 9 and a bottom 10. The rear wall 7 is provided with an extension 11 having a hole 12 formed therein whereby the device may be suspended from a suitable support. The side walls 8 and 9 are each provided with oppositely disposed sets of grooves 13 and 14 formed in the inner surface thereof in any suitable manner, but preferably by forcing said walls outwardly and forming oppositely disposed sets of channel-shaped ridges 15 and 16, which extend from top'to bottom of said side walls. The sets of grooves 13 17 may be inserted as illustrated in either Figure 3 or 4 according to the type of paper which is employed. A post 18 is secured to the plate 17 by a thumb nut 19 andmounted in said post is a frame2O consisting. ofa rod having a central, horizontal portion 21 from which depend arms 22 and 23 which terminate in inwardly projecting portions 24; and- 25 constituting trunnions upon which a roller 26 may rotate between the arms 22 and 23. The roller 26 constitutes a paper supporting member.

Pivotally mounted within a slot 27 in the roller 26 upon a pin 28 is a member 29, the extremities of which are provided with teeth 30'. The member 29 is a tight fit in the'slot 27 andv is held .in either its normal position within the slot 27 as illustrated in F igs.'3 and 4., or its open position as illustrated in Fig. 2 because of its frictional engagement with the sides of said slot.

Located adjacent to the opposite side edges of the plate 17 are resilient fingers 31, preferably formed integral with the plate andbent in such'a manner that when said plate is located in either the grooves 13 or 141 that the plate will be forced into frictional engagement with the walls of the grooves in' which it is located, and thereby prevent any rattling of said slide in said grooves.

In using the ploy a packof paper A comprising a plurality of individual sheets of paper the plate 17 is inserted in the grooves 14 as illustrated in Fig. 3, at which time the roller 26 will be located within the interior of the casing. The pack of paper A is then inserted within the casing between the plate 17 and the roller-26L At this time the member 29 is located in its normal position entirely within the roller and as the individual. sheets of paper are withdrawn from the casing andi the thickness of the pack of paper decreases in size, the frame 20 with the roller 26 thereon will. swing toward .the plate 17, the'roller always pressing against the side a of the pack of paper A, thereby always tendingto hold the sheets of paper together in a vertical position within the casing.

device if it is desired to em- If, on the other hand, it is desired to e1n-,

in Fig. 1-, at which time the said roll of paper projects some distance through the opening in the front of the casing. In placing the roll of paper B upon the roller 26, the side arms 22 and 23 of the frame 20 are first sprung outwardly and the roller 26 is removed from the trunnions 24: and 25. The roller 26 is then inserted'within an opening 1) usually provided in rolls of paper of this character and the roller is then again placed upon the trunnions 24- and 25. When this type of toilet paper is used the member 29 is positioned entirely within the roller 26.

If it should be desired to employ any of the well known types of oval rolls of paper, the plate 17 is positioned as illustrated in Fig. 4. At such times, however, the member 29 iswithdrawn from within the roller 26 and positioned as illustrated in Fig. 2. The roller 26 after being withdrawn from the trunnions 241- and 25 is inserted within an opening provided within the oval roll of paper and the member 29 is utilized to position said roll of paper upon the roller, the teeth 80 of said member 29 penetrating the paper upon the interior of the roll.

In Fig. 4 an oval roll of paper C is illustrated in dotted lines and the device is operated and the paper removed therefrom in the same manner as if the roll B was emplgyed.

he plate 17 whether located in the grooves 13 or 14: is always forced against the walls of said grooves by means of the fingers 31 formed upon said plate, thereby securely holding said plate within said grooves.

I claim: I

1. A toilet paper holder having, in com bination, a casing provided with a. plurality of sets of oppositely disposed guideways upon the side walls thereof, a plate slidably mounted in said casing in either of said sets of guideways, a frame pivotally mounted upon said plate and a paper supporting member mounted upon said frame.

2. A toilet paper holder having, in combination, a casing provided with a plurality of sets of oppositely disposed grooves formed in the side walls thereof, a plate slidably mounted in said casing in either of said sets of grooves, a frame pivotally mounted upon said plate and a paper supporting member mounted upon said frame.

3. A toilet paper holder having, in combination, a casing provided with a plurality of sets of oppositely disposed grooves formed in the side walls thereof, a plate slidably mounted in said casing in either of said sets of grooves, means to force said plate into frictional engagement with the walls of said grooves, a frame pivotally mounted upon said plate and a paper supporting member mounted upon said frame.

i. A toilet paper holder having, in combination, a casing provided with a plurality of sets of oppositely disposed grooves formed in the side walls thereof, a plate slidably mounted in said casing in either of said sets of grooves, a frame pivotally mounted upon said plate, a roller rotatably mounted upon said frame and a member pivotally mounted in said roller and adapted to engage the interior of an oval roll of paper and position the latter upon said roller.

5. A. toilet paper holder having, in combination, a casing provided with a plurality of sets of oppositely disposed grooves formed in the side walls thereof, a plate slidably mounted in said casing in either of said sets of grooves and embodying therein means formed integral therewith to force'said plate into frictional engagement with the Walls of said grooves, a frame pivotally mounted upon said plate and a paper supporting member mounted'upon said frame.

6. A toilet paper holder having, in com bination, a casing provided with a plurality,

of sets of oppositely disposed grooves formed in the side walls thereof, a plate slidably mounted in said casing in either of said sets of grooves and embodying therein means formed'integral therewith to force said plate into frictional engagement with the walls of said grooves, a post detachably secured to said plate, a frame pivotally mounted in said post and a paper supporting member mounted upon said frame.

7 A toiletpaper holder having, in combination, a casing provided with a plurality of sets of oppositely disposed grooves formed in the side walls thereof, a plate slidably mounted in said casing in either of said sets of grooves and embodying therein means formed integral therewith to force said plate into frictional engagement with the walls of said grooves, a frame pivotally mounted upon said plate, a roller ro'tatably mounted upon said frame and a member pivotally mounted in said roller and adapted to position an oval roll of paper upon said roller, the ends of said member being provided with teeth adapted to grip said roll of paper upon the interior thereof.

8. A toilet paper holder having, in combination, a sheet metal casing provided with a plurality of oppositely disposed ridges formed in the side walls thereof thereby forming oppositely disposed sets of grooves upon the interior of said side walls, a plate 7 slidably mountedin said casing in either of said sets of grooves, a frame pivotally mounted upon said plate and a paper supporting member mounted upon said frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES BASH. Witnesses: r

CHARLES H. GooDING, FRANKLIN E. Low. 7 vi" 

